Sunday, April 15, 2012

Tier 2 Cities, version 12

These are the cities ranked 26-50.  These are all world-class cities, but a step below the mega cities in the first tier.  There is probably more debate as to which cities belong in this tier than in the first 25.

26. Miami (38).  The capital of South America
27. Auckland (25)
28. Buenos Aires (46).  Ranked in the top 25 on some surveys. A huge city, but I would rank Mexico City, Istanbul, and Mumbai higher.
29. Berlin (24). Ranked in the top 25 on some surveys.
30. Dallas/Ft. Worth (26)
31. Brussels/Ghent/Antwerp (39).  Some polls rank it as high as #5, but I just don't see it.
32. Milan (15)
33. Houston (29)
34. Stockholm (22)
35. Madrid (24)
36. Amsterdam/Rotterdam (31)
37. Philadelphia (35)
38. Oslo (33)
39. Taipei (42)
40. Vancouver (41). Ranked in the top 25 on some surveys.
41. Jakarta (36)
42. Montreal (44). Ranked in the top 25 on some surveys.
43. Vienna (45). Ranked in the top 25 on some surveys.
44. Rio de Janeiro (53)
45. Atlanta (47)
46. Riyadh (40)
47. Dubai  (54)
48. Johannesburg (48)
49. Guangzhou (Canton) (50)
50. Delhi/New Delhi (62)

Honorable Mention:
Barcelona
Tehran
Rome
Munich
Hamburg
Bangkok
Cairo
Melbourne
Warsaw
Geneva
Copenhagen
Dublin
Tel Aviv
Kuala Lumpur
Seattle
Birmingham
Shenzhen
Abu Dhabi
Prague
Doha
Nagoya
Lisbon
Santiago
Karachi
Kolkata
Manila

No comments:

Post a Comment